More Questions on History
- Q. The last great ruling dynasty of Magadha was
A)Kanva
B)Sunga
C)Kusana
D)Gupta
Answer: Gupta
- Q. Michelangelo was a __________
A)Sculptor
B)Painter
C)Astronomer
D)Poet
Answer: Sculptor
- Q. Jahangir was born in the year
A)1669
B)1569
C)1769
D)1869
Answer: 1569
- Q. A great astronomer and mathematician during the Gupta period was
A)Vagabhatta
B)Bhanugupta
C)Aryabhatta
D)Varahamihira
Answer: Aryabhatta
- Q. Who among the following propagated Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Pramatma in Kannada region?
A)Nimbarka
B)Mirabai
C)Vallabhacharya
D)Madhav
Answer: Madhav
- Q. Kailasha temple of Ellora was built by?
A)Krishna II
B)Krishna I
C)Ramakrishna I
D)Ramakrishna II
Answer: Krishna I
- Q. Champaran Satyagraha was in __________
A)Bombay
B)Gujarat
C)Bihar
D)Madras
Answer: Bihar
- Q. Who was the Nawab when Dalhousie annexed Awadh in 1854?
A)Wajid Ali Shah
B)Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah
C)Sirajud daulla
D)Alivardi Khan
Answer: Wajid Ali Shah
- Q. Which among the following is the oldest dynasty?
A)Gupta
B)Maurya
C)Kushan
D)Kanva
Answer: Maurya
- Q. The language adopted for preaching In Mahayana Buddhism was
A)Brahmi
B)Pali
C)Sanskrit
D)Prakrit
Answer: Sanskrit
- Q. The famine which killed nearly 8 lakh people during British rule as per the report furnished by the Femine Commissioon of 1660 had struck :
A)Northern India
B)Eastern India
C)Southern India
D)Western India
Answer: Western India
- Q. What had the Sir Charles Wood Despatch of 1854 primarily dealt with?
A)Administrative reforms
B)Social reforms
C)Educational reforms
D)Political consolidation
Answer: Educational reforms
- Q. Which was the world- famous treatise of the amorous arts?
A)Vemanasatakam
B)Kamasutra
C)Both A & B
D)Neither A & B
Answer: Kamasutra
- Q. The eighth-century tripartite power struggle was among which of the following?
A)Chalukyas, Pallavas and Pandyas
B)Cholas, Rastrakutas and Yadavas
C)Cholas, Pandyas and Chalukyas
D)Chalukyas, Pallavas and Yadavas
Answer: Chalukyas, Pallavas and Pandyas
- Q. Who among the following had pioneered the Khilafat Movement?
A)MA Jinnah
B)The Ali brothers
C)Syed Ahmed Khan
D)RM Sayani
Answer: The Ali brothers
- Q. Who said Hanooz Dilli Door Ast?
A)Farid
B)Nizamuddin Aulia
C)Todarmal
D)Firdausi
Answer: Nizamuddin Aulia
- Q. The philosophy propounded in the Upanishads is known as
A)Vedanta
B)Advaita
C)Yoga
D)Samkhya
Answer: Vedanta
- Q. The Congressmen who wanted to contest the elections under the Act of 1919 and enter the legislature, formed a party (1923) called
A)Congress Swarajya Party
B)Swaraj Party
C)Nationalist Party
D)Liberal Party
Answer: Swaraj Party
- Q. When was Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria assassinated?
A)1907
B)1906
C)1910
D)1914
Answer: 1914
- Q. In which region did Birsa Munda operate against the British?
A)Chhota Nagpur
B)Punjab
C)Tarai
D)Manipur
Answer: Chhota Nagpur
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